The Central American and Caribbean Games are the oldest continuing regional games. Only the Olympic Games have a longer continuous history. Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala were the three only countries present at the first games, which were then called the Central American Games. In 1935 their name was changed to Central American and Caribbean Games to reflect expanding participation. Thirty one nations took part in the 1993 games in Puerto Rico and the 1998 games in Venezuela. For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Central American and Caribbean Games

Year	Event	Host city		Duration	Countries	Sports	Athletes
1926	I Central American and Caribbean Gamess			October 30 November 2	3	9	269
		Mexico City	Mexico
1930	II Central American and Caribbean Games			March 15 April 15	9	9	606
		La Habana	Cuba
1935	III Central American and Caribbean Games			March 16 April 5	9	13	741
		San Salvador	El Salvador
1938	IV Central American and Caribbean Games			February 5 February 24	10	16	1216
		Panama City	Panama
1946	V Central American and Caribbean Games			March 5 March 25	13	17	1540
		Barranquilla	Colombia
1950	VI Central American and Caribbean Games			February 28 March 12	14	19	1390
		Guatemala City	Guatemala
1954	VII Central American and Caribbean Games			March 5 March 20	12		1356
		Mexico City	Mexico
1959	VIII Central American and Caribbean Games			January 6 January 15	12	17	1150
		Caracas	Venezuela
1962	IX Central American and Caribbean Games			August 15 August 28	15		1559
		Kingston	Jamaica]
1966	X Central American and Caribbean Games			July 11 July 25	18		1689
		San Juan	Puerto Rico
1970	XI Central American and Caribbean Games			February 28 March 13	21		2095
		Panama City	Panama
1974	XII Central American and Caribbean Games			February 27 March 13	23	18	1928
		Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic
1978	XIII Central American and Caribbean Games			July 7 July 28	21	18	2605
		Medellín	Colombia
1982	XIV Central American and Caribbean Games			August 7 August 18	19		2420
		La Habana	Cuba
1986	XV Central American and Caribbean Games			June 24 July 5	26	25	2963
		Santiago de los Caballeros	Dominican Republic
1990	XVI Central American and Caribbean Games			November 20 December 3	29		4206
		Mexico City	Mexico
1994	XVII Central American and Caribbean Games			November 19 November 30	32		3570
		Ponce	Puerto Rico
1998	XVIII Central American and Caribbean Games			August 8 August 22	31		5200
		Maracaibo	Venezuela
2002	XIX Central American and Caribbean Games			November 19 November 30	31	37	7000
		San Salvador	El Salvador
2006	XX Central American and Caribbean Games			July 15 July 30	32
		Cartagena de Indias	Colombia
2010	XXI Central American and Caribbean Games
		Mayagüez	Puerto Rico

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Historical Medal Count

Medal Count
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	1490	737	554	2781
2	Mexico	886	903	766	2555
3	Venezuela	343	507	584	1434
4	Puerto Rico	236	400	519	1155
5	Colombia	205	293	330	828
6	Panama	81	141	147	369
7	Jamaica	78	100	99	277
8	Dominican Republic	74	147	247	468
9	Guatemala	50	109	221	380
10	El Salvador	33	77	141	251
11	Costa Rica	33	32	54	119
12	Trinidad and Tobago	31	54	69	154
13	Netherlands Antilles	27	27	45	99
14	Bahamas	13	10	21	44
15	Suriname	12	4	6	22
16	United States Virgin Islands	9	14	16	39
17	Guyana	5	11	28	44
18	Barbados	5	10	27	42
19	Nicaragua	3	13	36	52
20	Haiti	3	4	14	21
21	Honduras	2	8	18	28
22	Bermuda	1	3	10	14
23	Belize	1	2	2	5
24	Cayman Islands	1	1	3	5
25	Aruba	1	0	1	2
26	Saint Lucia	1	0	0	1
27	British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
28	Antigua and Barbuda	0	3	4	7
29	Grenada	0	0	4	4
30	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	2	2
31	Dominica	0	0	1	1
		3625	3610	3969	11204

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See also

Pan American Games The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of the Americas. ...

External links

2006 Official Website